Evener-bar.



G. A. WHIPPLE &: G. A. JOHNSON.

EVENER BAR.

urmouron FILED JA1L27. 1908'.

926,917. Patented July 6, 1909.

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CHARLES A. WHIPPLE, OF ELK RIVER, AND CHAR-LES A. JOHNSON, OF ALEXANDRIAMINNESOTA.

EVENER-BAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, CHARLES A. WHIP- PLE and CHARLES A. JOHNSON,citizens of the United States, residing at Elk River, in the county ofSherburne and State of Minnesota, and Alexandria, in the county ofDouglas and State of Minnesota, respectively, have invented certain newand useful Im rovements in Evener-Bars, of which the fol owing is a secification.

Our invention re. ates to improvements in evener bars, its object beingparticularly to provide an im roved construction of evener ar which Wilrelieve the strain upon the sup orting pin and which will bring the pullof t e tugs in line with the center of draft thereby preventing thetendency to turn the evener bar upon the pole as in the ordinaryconstruction.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of our invention shownapplied to a Wagon pole with the tongue broken away, and Fig. 2 is avertical cross section of the evener bar adjacent to the pole.

Our improved evener is made of two parts A and B ada ted to be arrangedabove and below the oils. The upper part A consists of a central block 2having a flat bottom to rest upon the pole and supporting in its upperfront end a rod or pipe 4 and at its rear end a rod 5 said rods beingconnected together at their outer ends by pin receiving plates 6. Thelower member of the evener is similarly composed of a central block 7having an upper flat surface to bear against the underside of the pole.The block 7 supports a rod or bar 8 and a rod 9 corresponding to therods 4 and 5 connected at their ends by pin receiving ilates 10corresponding to the plates 6. The evener members are secured upon thepole by means of the pin 11 extending through the blocks 2 and 7 ahammer strap 12 of ordinary construction receiving the upper end of thepin.

As will be noted by referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings the front sideof the upper evener member stands some distance to the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed January 27, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 412,916.

rear of the front side of the lower evener member and the upper rod 4 issupported some distance above the pole whereas the bar or rod 8 of thelower member is supported close to the underside of the pole. Also itwill be noted that the rod 5 of the upper evener member is supportedmuch 0 oser to the pole than is the rod 9 of the lower evener member.The result of these features of construction and arrangement is that theclevis pins that )ass through the 5 socket plates 6 and 10 Wll stand atright angles to the arrow line of Fig. 2, the arrow line of Fig. 2 beingtherefore the line of draft. The object of this is to have the line ofdraft in line with the direction assumed by the tugs in running from thehorse to the whiflletrees. The construction of the two evener bars abovedescribed also gives the greatest strength or resistance directly in theline of draft and obviates the rolling tendency of the evener bar whichexists in the ordinary construction.

We claim:

1. In combination with a wagon pole, an evener bar comprising a pair ofindependent members arranged one above and one below the pole, saidmembers having their outer ends superimposed and with the central frontface of the upper member standing at the rear of the central face of thelower member so as to provide an upwardly directed draft, and whiffletree supporting means carried by the outer ends of saidmembers.

2. An evener bar of the class described, comprising a pair ofindependent members carrying whiffle tree supporting means at theirends, each member being centrally sup ported upon a bearing block withthe outer ends of the members superimposed, and with the central frontface of the upper member standing to the rear of the central face of thelower member so as to provide an upwardly directed draft, for thepurpose set forth.

3. In combination with a wagon pole, an evener bar comprising a pair ofskeleton members one arranged above and one below the pole, Whittle treesupporting means cari In testimony whereof We ailiX our signaried by theouter ends of said members and tures in presence of two Witnesses. eachof said membersconsisting of a central CHARLES A. WHIPPLE. bearing platesupporting afront horizontal CHARLES A. JGHNSON.

5 rod and a rearwardly inclined bent brace Witnesses as to Charles A.Whipple:

rod, said'brace rods 'beingysupported below CHAs. M. BABCOOK,

the horizontal planes of said front rods, and: CHAs. W. CATER. the frontrod of said upper member standing Witnesses as to Charles A. Johnson: atthe rear of the front rod of said lower G. B. WARD,

10 member, for the purpose set forth. 1 P. OHMULF.

